Basic Structure
Hymmnos was designed with the purpose of stating the emotions of the speaker (or singer), and as such, all the sentences are prefixed by a set of three words called "Emotion Sounds"
Let's take this example:
Was yea ra chs hymmnos mea (I will be glad to turn myself into a song)
The first three words, "Was yea ra", are the Emotion Sounds, and these three words are subdivided in three levels:
Was is Level 1, used for expressing the intensity of the emotion.
yea is Level 2, which it's the emotion itself.
ra is Level 3, which it's used for expressing if you want the emotion to last, or the context where the emotion is being felt.
These are all the known emotion sounds:
| Intensity | Type | Desire to Last or Context |
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The rest of the basic grammar is very simple, since it uses this grammar structure:
Verb-Object-Compound or Object
coming back to the example, chs (to turn into) is the verb, hymmnos (song) is the object and mea (my or myself) is the Compound or Object.
Each sentence can only contain a emotion, so you can't input more than a set of emotion sounds per sentence.
And in Hymmnos, there aren't any verbal times, since these are defined by the context of the sentence.
And by this point, you must be wondering where the subject is...
Well, since the sentences in hymmnos are first person by default, the subject is usually omitted.
Structure with a Subject
But that changes if you want to speak about what someone else is doing. Then, you have to use this structure:
Verb-rre-Subject-Verb-Object-Compound or Object
The "rre" that is before the Subject is the "Subject Definer" (meaning that the noun that it's next to it becomes the subject of the sentence). The first verb in the sentence has the function of saying what you are doing, while the second one is for expressing what the subject is doing. Of course, the sentence is still done in first person, and the Emotion Sounds are only applicable to the speaker. And no sentence can contain more than a subject, so the Subject Definer can be employed only once.
Example:
Wee ki ra hyma rre aquagon pagle wart (I will concentrate myself in hearing the words that aquagon says)
And as a final note for this section, both the subject definer and the first verb are omitted if the subject is a pronoun or if the subject it's used as a object.
Pronouns
The pronouns have two ways to be used: as objects or as subjects, and they change slightly depending on how they are used.
| Pronoun | Used as Object | Used as Subject |
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Use of Particles (Prepositions/Postpositions)
If you need to use particles (or as we also know them, prepositions), you just have to put them between the verb and the object, but this it's only used if the action of the verb affects anything that's not yourself.
For example, it´s used here:
Was yea erra melenas tes ar ciel (I will be eternally glad to give my love to this world)
With "tes" (to) being the particle.
But not here:
Was yea ra sonwe hymmnos mea (I will be glad to sing my song)
Adjectives
The adjectives always come before the noun that they are affecting, as we can see here:
Ridalnae sol ciel (Irreplaceable world)
tyui frawr (Small flower)
Noun phrases indicating ownership
If two nouns are put one in front of other, then the first noun "owns" the second one.
For example:
Aurica forlinden (Aurica's village)
Revatail Ciel (Reyvateil's world)
Its easy if you just image a ('s) being put between both nouns.
Special Character Pronunciations
These characters are either used in Hymmnos Binary, or in special grammar functions that will be elaborated upon in later sections.
| Character | Pronunciation |
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Note: The 0 and the 1 used here aren't the same as the ones in the numbers. These ones are used in Hymmnos Binary, and it's use it's signaled by this mark: #x#>>#### (replace the #s with 0s and 1s).
Hymmnos Binary it's used in the execution of the programs of the tower and in some hymns, like this example: 0x010001110.
Numbers
- nel - 0
- noi - 1
- ji - 2
- dri - 3
- fif - 4
- vira - 5
- ixe - 6
- hepto - 7
- octo - 8
- nei - 9
- dec/de - 10
- hec/he - 100
- kik/ki - 1000
- mik/mi - 10000
The second form of the decimals is used when combining, in a manner similar to Japanese. For instance, jide is 20 and kik octohe ixede octo is 1868.
Advanced Grammar Rules
Emotion Sounds Keeper Definer Syntax
This structure is for repeating the same set of emotion sounds through various sentences. Even if it's a advanced gramar rule, actually it's very simple. It's used in the following way:
(Emotion Sounds) 0x vvi. (Keeper Definer Start)
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(Text)
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1x AAs ixi. (Keeper Definer End)
It means that everything that it's between both lines (0x vvi and 1x AAs ixi) will have always the same set of emotion sounds.
"0x vvi" it's pronounced: "Oku vuvi"; and "1x AAs ixi" it's pronounced: "Iku AAs ixi".
Example:
Was yea erra 0x vvi ("Was yea ra" from here)(starting mark)
chs hymmnos mea (I will be eternally happy to turn into a song)
hymme rre walasye hymma mea (I will be eternally happy that the people hears me)
sonwe anw sol ciel (I will be eternally happy to sing to the world)
rre sol ciel hymma hynne mea (And I will be eternally happy that the world hears me)
1x AAs ixi (until here)(ending mark)
Wee apea ra rre yor melenas (I will be very happy to love you)
It's the same as:
Was yea erra chs hymmnos mea
Was yea erra hymme rre walasye hymma mea
Was yea erra sonwe anw sol ciel
Was yea erra rre sol ciel hymma hynne mea
Wee apea ra rre yor melenas
Binasphere
This is one of the most complicated grammar rules existent in Hymmnos, and it's used to sing two lines of lyrics as if they were one (Binasphere means "two worlds" in Hymmnos, the two worlds being the two lines of lyric combined).
It's used in the following way:
Was yea ra chs hymmnos yor (I will be glad to turn you into a song)
en chsee fwal fwal yor (and then, I shall spread out your wings)
First, we take the two lines, and then, we break up and reorganize them as we want in one line, writing them all in caps and adding a x to the end of the syllables that were part of a broken word. The x isn't added if the syllable was the ending of one of the original words, as we can see below:
=> WAx EN YEx CHx A SEE RA CHS FWx HYMMx AL NOS FWAL YOR YOR
Then we assign them a number: 0 for the syllables from the original first line and 1 for the ones from the original second line:
=> WAx EN YEx CHx A SEE RA CHS FWx HYMMx AL NOS FWAL YOR YOR
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Then we have to make the Binasphere Formula for the song. To make it, first we have to write this: EXEC_hymme 2X1/0>>formula
The word formula is replaced with the number string that we got after assigning the 0s and 1s to the syllables. In the example the formula would be: 010101001010101. And thus, the complete formula for the example it's: EXEC_hymme 2X1/0>>010101001010101
The formula is always placed at the end of the song, and a song can't have more than one Binasphere formula. If one wants to use Binasphere again in the same song, then the lyrics have to adjust to the formula that was made first. The => (pronounced Tab) it's used to mark the point where the Binasphere lines start.
And to decipher a Binasphere, it's done like this:
Example taken from EXEC_NULLASCENSION/.:
=> RRHA RRHA GUWO Ax GAx PEx GIS A GAx TIE INNx
GIS NA GRAN GAx PAUL NOx TYUNY INI SAASH AR YANJE
CIEL EN INI LA ZAx AR HHA CIEL RRHA RRHA Ax GUWO
GA PEx GAx A TYUNY RA HARx AR CIEL
TES EN YORA INI CHYET WAx SOR GAx LAx TYUNx SYEx LA
FORx GANx ART SA DAL FAYx WASSA RA CIEL
EXEC hymme 2x1/0>>01101010
We have to reassign the formula to its syllables, but since this Binasphere formula it's shorter than the total lines of lyric, we have to keep looping the formula until we reach the end of the song (the / isn't used actually, I'm only using it in the example to mark the places where the formula it's looped):
=> RRHA RRHA GUWO Ax GAx PEx GIS A GAx TIE INNx
0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 / 0 1 1
GIS NA GRAN GAx PAUL NOx TYUNY INI SAASH AR YANJE
0 1 0 1 0 / 0 1 1 0 1 0
CIEL EN INI LA ZAx AR HHA CIEL RRHA RRHA Ax GUWO
1 0 / 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 / 0 1
GA PEx GAx A TYUNY RA HARx AR CIEL
1 0 1 0 1 0 / 0 1 1
TES EN YORA INI CHYET WAx SOR GAx LAx TYUNx SYEx LA
0 1 0 1 0 / 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
FORx GANx ART SA DAL FAYx WASSA RA CIEL
0 / 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Note: The final loop has to end in the final syllable of the song.
After that, we only have to put the syllables and words together in their respective lines, as its shown by the formula.
This is how the lines look after they have been deciphered:
First line:
Rrha apea gagis gran paul nosaash yanje en ini ar ciel (In this delightful trance, the way will be opened for the eternal goddess to purify this world)
Second line:
Rrha guwo gagis tie inna gatyuny ini ar ciel la zahha (In this trance of hatred, from the inside of my captured mind, I shall purify and make advance this accursed world.)
First line:
Rrha apea ra hartes yora chyet walasye forgandal wassa ciel (In the midst of this trance of delight, your hearts will be chosen from all the people for the festival of the world)
Second line:
Rrha guwo ga gatyuny ar ciel en ini sor gatyunla art sa fayra (In this transient anger, I shall purify this accursed world through the flames of hell)
Emotionless Sentences
Normally, if the sentence doesn't has a emotion sound preceeding it, then it uses the same emotion sounds from the sentence that came before it. But if none of the sentences have emotion sounds (and if the sentences aren't using the Emotion Sound Keeper Definer Syntax), then the Tower can't process it as a spell, and ends processing it as a simple song, used only to convey feelings but not to execute any kind of magic.
Example taken from the EXEC_HARMONIOUS/. lyrics:
Faura yerwe murfan anw sol ciel (The little birds chirp their feelings to the world)
Faura sonwe murfan anw sol ciel ee (The little birds sing their feelings to the people)
Ridalnae sol ciel yanyaue manaf (Filling this irreplaceable world with precious lifes)
Presia yasra lusye enclone anw omnis (While the loving light of the sun floods and wraps everything)
Faura selena anw Metafalica (The little birds play the song of hope)
This song was used to convey feelings to a certain someone in the story of Ar tonelico, but not for casting magic or executing functions inside the Tower.
Double Register of Emotion Sounds
Even if writing the Emotion Sounds in a sentence when using the Emotion Sound Keeper Definer Syntax is nonsense, it still can be done. It's only made if you want to make a change in emotion between two parts that continue having the same emotions, since when processing the song, the Tower gives priority to the Emotion Sounds written in a sentence over the ones written for the Keeper Definer Syntax.
Example:
Wee apea ra 0x vvi. (I will be inmersed in happiness)
her ar ciel irs (I'm inmersed in happiness because I exist in this world hyma rre faur sonwe (I'm inmersed in happiness for listening to the singing of the birds)
Was yea erra sonwe hymmnos mea (I will be eternally happy to sing my song)
sonwe sos rre ar ciel (I'm inmersed in happiness singing for the sake of this world)
1x AAS ixi.
As we see, the fourth sentence changes it's emotion, to return to how it was before in the next sentence.
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